Morning Docket: 08.26.09

Ed. note: We’ve already discussed the passing of Senator Ted Kennedy and the New York Times article about the state of the legal job market.
* Diversity among federal judges: low, but increasing. [Washington Post]
* Speaking of federal judges, the super-stylish Judge Preska just ordered the Federal Reserve to reveal emergency bank loan records. [Bloomberg]
* Chris Brown sentenced to five years probation and 180 days of community labor for assaulting Rihanna; evidence of prior domestic violence incidents emerges. [Los Angeles Times]
* If you show up to a Michigan trial court in a burqa, you may now be forced to remove it. [CNN]
* Some news from Pakistan: lawyers gone wild? [Am Law Daily]

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